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53 of 60 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Buyer Beware!! This book is only one part of a "system", August 20, 2006
This review is from: Potty Training in One Day: A Guide for Today's Parents (Paperback)
I have a hectic house with 4 children. My newly turned 3-year-old son is ready to potty train. He and his mommy just need a little push. So, I was looking for a book that would outline a few steps to quickly get him into big boy pants. I am ready to stay home with him a few days, get some help with the baby, and just get it done.
I purchased this book :( Much to my disappointment, in the intro I found that it is part of a "system" that includes a "drink and wet doll". The "big day" involves the child teaching the doll how to go potty. I threw the book across the room. Out of curiosity, I went to the website where you can purchase their full line of products. You can get the doll and book as a set for $49.95. Hmmmm. Or, you can go really nuts and get the "complete system" which includes doll and bottle, book, potty, and undies for $89.95. Please!!! But you cannot buy just the doll! So, what do you do if you're a dummy like me who already bought the book? You're out another 50 bucks!
I went back to the book description on amazon, just to make sure I didn't overlook something, and didn't find any mention of needing an accompanying doll. No mention was made in the two 5-star reviews either. Very fishy.
I am doing some major mental head slaps for even looking for a book! I have 2 older boys who potty trained without the aid of a drink and wet doll! I can do this!!!
I don't have a problem with someone using this method to potty train. Hey...whatever works! And, I'm sure the book makes some good points about the whole process of potty training. I'm still too mad to look at the book, though. What I do take issue with is being baited into buying a "complete system" which "includes everything a parent would need to potty train in one day". How about telling us that BEFORE we buy the book!!!
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not a total answer, October 20, 2006
This review is from: Potty Training in One Day: A Guide for Today's Parents (Paperback)
While there are some good concepts in this book, it didn't work for us.
We went into house lockdown for nearly 30 hours before giving up on it. We used the entire sytem, the training pants, the doll (which is missing like a third of her hair across the top), the potty seat, the potty cover (the "convenient" loop for hanging it on a hook snapped off after less than a week of use). The potty pants did nothing to help, and required us following our kid around with a towel the entire time. You might as well not use them at all--and we washed them beforehand as advised. We did the treats, the stickers, the having Potty Patty pee in the pot (more often than not it ends up on your leg before you can get her pants off, and the bottle is hard to get in her mouth). Perhaps this book is meant for the older child, and not one who is under 2.5 years of age.
In the end, our kid ended up being more resistant to the potty whereas before she had been so-so with it. For some reason she relates to Potty Patty though--probably because she has a lot of accidents!
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Think twice, January 21, 2007
This review is from: Potty Training in One Day: A Guide for Today's Parents (Paperback)
Our oldest son is 32 months of age and had been showing some inconsistent interest in using the potty. Thinking he may have been ready to take the next step, we purchased this book along with the doll and training pants. He wanted nothing to do with the doll or the roll playing that is advised. And, although we believe in the idea of going from diapers to "big boy" underpants without pull-ups, the suggested response to an accident (which includes 10 back-and-forth runs to the potty and much misery to the parents and child) is pointless. Your child needs to connect the urge to void with using the potty. Simply going through the motions 10 times fails to accomplish this and makes for a decidedly uncozy environment. The book suggests that the intent of this exercise, in part, is to inconvenience the child, but we believe a wet pair of underwear and the embarrassment of failure are inconvenient enough. Endorsement from a television psychologist does not equal medical truth. Think twice before spending hard-earned money on this product.
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